28 posts tagged Russian Circles

Making the decision to exclude vocals from your music is adding an additional hurdle for you to overcome in any genre. Doing so in Metal is practically begging to reside in music’s underground for eternity. It’s hard enough for Metal bands to get any kind of exposure.

I had been waiting for this album for a while. Whereas their post-rock brethren (who are more a collection of orphans rather than of lineage) spend time trying to create opuses drenched in walls of sound, operate under formulas that give little creative latitude, and function meditatively and patiently, Russian Circles is the white one in a field of black sheep.

Einstein Circles May 13, 2008 by Emily Jones so i’m listening to Russian Circles and come across this quote from Albert Einstein: “The belief in an external world independent of the perceiving subject is the basis of all natural science.

It hasn’t really been announced on any major music news sites such as Stereogum, Pitchfork, etc…but Russian Circles will be touring and coming through Los Angeles again. Witness Turncrantz drumming skillz in person! The band will be playing The Troubadour in West Hollywood with the band Daughters and its $10 advance and $12 at the door.

Don’t you hate people who say “melt your face”? Us to, so insert better phrase here __________. Point being: Russian Circles’ epic, metal, guitar thrash and bellowing drums will have you hoping that death does indeed ride a horse and that he let’s you ride it ferociously into the afterlife.

Russian Circles: Station The second album by the Chicago trio, Russian Circles, delivers more of their unique brand of instrumental rock. Russian Circles write sprawling epic compositions. Station only delivers one track under five minutes.

Song Russian Circles ~ “Youngblood” myspace plays: 8,500 download (via invisible oranges) bonus: Carpe download (via instrumental analysis) Time for some Chicago style melodic instumental aggression! Russian Circles released their latest album, Station, yesterday.

As a newly-formed 2 piece outfit out of Chicago, IL, Russian Circles are making huge strides in the experimental progressive Indie genre with their latest album, Station. The album was released May 6th off of Suicide Squeeze records.

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